Wire-working tool.



No. 769,879. PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1.904:

N. J. TATE. WIRE WORKING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 6, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

v WITNESSES NTTED STATES Patented September 13, 1904.

PATENT EETc NEWTON J. TATE, OF WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS HARRIS OOULTER, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

WIRE-WORKING TOOL- SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,879, dated September 13, 1904.

Application filed March 6, 1902.

To all whmn it Wear/y concern:

Be it known that I, NEWTON J. TATE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Weatherford, in the county of Parker and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Working Tools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wire-working tools of the type represented in Letters Patent No. 667,854, granted to me February 12, 1901, and on which the present device is an improvement.

My patented device has been found in practice to be defective in certain particulars and to be inadequate for the performance of certain operations which constantly arise during the handling of wire in constructing fences and the like. For instance, in this class of work it frequently becomes necessary during the twisting together or stretching of the wires to securely hold the free end or ends of one or more wires while the loop of a folded wire is in engagement with the wire-engaging hook, this being particularly true in the twisting of a wire which has been folded back and forth upon itself to produce a three or four strand brace, which operation cannot under said circumstances be performed by my patented device.

The present invention has for its objects to produce a simple inexpensive tool which in practice will be entirely free from the abovementioned objections and defects, thereby meeting the various conditions arising in the handling of the Wire.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described. In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved device, showing the same closed. Fig. '2 is a similar view with the pliers open. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan VlGW. Fig. 4 is a detail rear end view.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that my improved device comprises a primary handle member A and a secondary handle member B, crossed adjacent to their front ends and pivoted together, as at G, said members being provided, preferably in advance of the Serial No. 96,931. (No model.)

,vance of the plier-jaws with a forwardly-extending cylindrical portion J, terminating at its forward end in an eye K, pivotally engaged by a Wire-engaging device or hook L.

Swiveled upon the cylindrical portion J is a sleeve or collar M, formed upon and carrying a forwardly-extending post-engaging finger or member N, extending parallel with the longitudinal axis of the tool and provided at its outer end with a sharpened post-engaging spur or tip N.

A pair of holes O O are provided, respectively, in the handles A B adjacent to their pivotal point, and a similar hole P near the outer end of the handle B, these openings being designed to receive the wire under certain conditions which may arise during the manipulation of the latter. Furthermore, one of the handles may be provided with a claw Q and the other with a screw-driver R, a punch S being disposed and sustained between the handles, these features of the tool constituting, however, no part of my invention.

In practice if it is desired to stretch a wire having its end looped the latter is engaged with hook L and the finger N with the post for performing the stretching operation, while, on the other hand, if a single wire is to be stretched its end may be engaged and held by the pliers during the stretching operation, or in the case of a wire folded upon itself to form three strands the loop in the wire is engaged with the hook and the adjacent free end of the wire by the pliers. During the operation of twisting wires in forming braces, &c., the looped portions of the wires are engaged with the hook and the free ends of the wires with the pliers in a manner similar to that just described in connection with the stretching operation.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I produce a simple inexpensive device which is admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view, it being understood, however, that I do not limit myself tothe precise details herein set forth, inasmuch as minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is 5 In a Wire-Working tool, the combination with a pair of members pivotally connected, of cooperating jaws provided on the members and constituting wire-engaging pliers, a forwardly extending post-engaging member swiveled to one of said members in advance I of the pliers, and a wire-engaging device also carried by one of said members.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

- NEWTON J. TATE. Witnesses:

H. C. SHRoPsHIRE, Gus WILLS. 

